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Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do
not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you
that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I
testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep
the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who _attempt to_
be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit
eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working
through love.
7 You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion
does not_come_ from Him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole
lump. 10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other
mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
11 And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer
persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased. 12 I could wish that
those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not _use_ liberty
as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For
all the law is fulfilled in one word,_even_ in this: “You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest
you be consumed by one another!
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the
flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things
that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy,
murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand,
just as I also told _you_ in time past, that those who practice such things
will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no
law. 24 And those _who are_Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions
and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

2Sara Di Diego = "Basically this verse says that heretics, if allowed to stay within the church, would prove to ruin the church with their beliefs. An example of this would be Arius. Arius was a heretic, who started Arianism, who was able to spread his belief from Alexandria due to the fact that he was not killed immediately after his beliefs were known. In fact, Emperor Constantine was baptized by an Arian bishop and thus sympathized with them, which helped them grow as a group.Work Cited:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arius#Immediate_aftermath"